Fishing-reel.



'.I'No. 7l5,274. Patented Dec. 9. |902.

J. KONIGSBERG.

FISHING REEL.

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J. KUNIYGSBERG. FISHING REEL.

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JOSEPH KONIGSBERG, OF NEW`YORK, N. Y.

FISHING-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,274, dated December9, 1902.

Application tiled February 26, 1.902. Serial No. 95,735. (Nomodel T @ZZwhom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH Konicsnnne, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the' city and State ofNew York, have invented-a nev.T and useful Fishing-Reel, of which thefollowing is a specication.

My invention relatesto a ishing-reel of the type commonly used inconnection with rods for casting and hauling lines while fishing.

The object is to provide a reel of this character in which the crank forturning the reel may be thrown out of and into active engagement withthe reel, so that it will not be liable to injure the hand of thefisherman in casting and will at the same time be in position to bepromptly engaged with the reel in turning it to haul in the line.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in which- I Figure 1 is a view of the reel inside elevation as it appears when in position on the rod. Fig. 2 is aview of the same in edge elevation. Fig. 3 is a section taken in theplane of the line A A of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a section taken in the pianeof the line B B of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a view in side elevation in detailof a modied form of reel in which the multiplyinggear is omitted. Fig. 6isa section of the same, taken in the plane of the line C C of Fig. 5.Fig. '7 represents another modified form; and Fig.8 is a section of thesame,taken in the plane of the line D D ofFig. 7.

Referring to the form shown in Figs.- 1 to 4, inclusive, the anges ofthe reel are denoted by 1 and 2. They are connected by a barrel composedof a section 3 of lesser diameter and a section 4 of greater diameter,the intention being that the space from the exterior of the section 4 tothe peripheries of the Vflanges will be sufficient to retain a length ofline ample for ordinary use, while an additional length of line forextraordinary use may be stored on the smaller section 3 of the barrelbetween its periphery and the periphery ot' the section 4 of the barrel.The reel is mounted on a stub-axle 5, extending laterallyfrom the upperportion of a standard 6, the latter being provided with a base 7, osetfrom the stand-4 ard 6 toward the position which the reel is to occupy,the said offset portion 7 being provided with concave-faced branches 8and 9 to enter the space provided between the bands 10 and 11 on the rod12, as is usual. The stubaxle 5 is provided with a cone-bearing 13,iixed to or formed integral with it near its inner end, or the endfastened to the upright 6, and near its end there is a cone-bearing 14,arranged toslide on the stub-axle and held in place by means ot' awasher 15 and nut 16, screwed onto the outer end of the stubaxie. Thecone-bearing 14 is provided with anv oilpassage 17 for distributing oiionto the axle between the bearings 13 and 14.

The reel is provided with a bearing-plate 18,y

fixed in the bottom of a recess 19, formed in the side of the reel andadapted to engage the cone-bearing 14, and on the opposite side the reelis provided with a bearing-plate 20, having integral therewith a pinion21, the said pinion being cored to iit the bearing 13 on the stub-axle.Intermediate of the pinion 21 and the standard 6 there is a shallowcup-shaped plate 22, forming a housing for the gear, the said housing 22surrounding the stub-axle 5 and fixed to the standard 6. The standard 6has fixed to itsinner face a yoke 23, in which is journaled a stud 24,projecting inwardly `from and Xed to a disk 25, mounted to rotate in acircular opening in the standard and held in position by the overlappingedge 26 of the circular opening in which the disk rotates. On the stud24 a gear-wheel 27 is loosely mounted in mesh with the pinion 21 and isadapted tos'erve as a drive-wheel for operating the pinion 21, and hencethe reel, when the crank is connected with it or to work idly on thestud 24 when the crank is detached from it. The operating-crank isdenoted by 28 and is provided with a handle 29 for convenience inoperating it. The upper end of the crank is mounted on a pivot 30,extending between the projecting sides of the `disk 25, so as to permitthe crank to swing outwardly into the position shown in full lines, Fig.4, and inwardly into the position shown in dotted lines in the samefigure, and aspring 31, coiled around the pivot 30, has its free end soengaged with the crank and with the standard 6 that the tension of thespring tends to hold the crank normally in the position shown in fulllines, Fig. 4. A

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locking-pin 32 is pivoted to the crank at 33 4 axle 38 by the nut 45.

and works through an opening 34in the disk 25 to enter some one of theseveral perforations 35, arranged in a concentric line around the axisof the gear-wheel 27, when the crank is moved inwardly against thetension of the spring 31 into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig.4.

In operation when the line is cast the crank occupies the position shownin full lines in Fig. 4 out of connection with the wheel 27, and hencethe latter works idly as the reel whirls at a high speed to pay off theline. This removes what has proved a'source of annoyance and injury inthat it permits the crank to remain quietly during this rapid rotarymovement of the wheel instead of whirling around with it, where itisliable to strike the hand or fingers of the fisherman holding the pole.Vhen, however, it is desired to reel in the line, the fisherman graspingthe handle 29 presses inwardly against the tension of the spring 3l,thereby locking the wheel 27 to the crank, and by turning the latter themultiplying-gear is set in operation and the reel is rapidly rotated inthe proper direction to haul in the line. When for any cause in playingthe ish there comes need for paying out line, the moment the handle 29is released it flies out of connection with the gear-Wheel, permittingthe line to run freely until there is need for again checking it andreeling it in.

In Figs. 5 and 6 there is shown a simpler and less expensive form of myinvention, in which the multiplying-ear is omitted,the reel in thisinstance being denoted by 36 and mounted by means of the proper flangedrbushing 37 on a stub-axle 38, projecting from a base 39, adapted toengage a rod. A crank 40, with its handle 4l, is pivoted at 42 betweenlugs projecting from a ring 43, mounted to rotate on the collar 44, heldon the stub- The crank 40 is held normally out ofengagement with thereel by a spring 46, coiled around its pivot 42, and a pin 47, fixed tothe crank 40, is adapted when the crank is pressed inwardly to engageone or another of the sockets 48, formed in the face of the reel. Likethe form already described the reel is left free to run independently ofthe crank in casting the line, while at any time the line may be reeledin by simply pressing the crank toward the reel, so that the pin 47shall engage with it.

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown another form of my invention, in which thecrank is positively engaged with and disengaged from the drivinggear-wheel by other means than by a movement of the crank itself. Inthis form of my invention the reel is denoted by 49 and is looselymounted on an axle 50, supported between a pair of standards 5l 52,uprising from a base 53, fitted to engage a rod in the usual manner. Inthis structure the pinion 54, fixed to rotate with the reel, is drivenby the gear-wheel 55, mounted on a shaft 56,

journaled in the standard 52 and in the reinforcing-plate 57, fixed tothe standard, and has fixed thereto a crank 58, provided with a handle59. The shaft 56 is hollow and is provided with a plunger 60, having arod 6l extended through the outer end of the shaft and provided with anoperating wheel or disk 62. The plunger 60 is provided with a cross-pin63, extending laterally in an elongated slot 64, formed in the wall ofthe shaft and adapted to be moved, together with the plunger, into andout of engagement with teeth on the face of the wheel 55 for the purposeof locking the wheel to the shaft and releasing it therefrom. Acoil-spring 66, located within the shaft between the head of the plungerand the head of the shaft, has a tendency to throwthe plunger inwardlyto engage the cross-pin 63 with the wheel 55; said plunger being held atthe limit of its outward movement to release the wheel 55 by theengagement of its cross-pin 63 with laterally-extended notches in thewalls of the slot 64, the said notches being in such position in thedrawing Fig. 8 as to be concealed by the cross-pin, the structure beingsubstantially the wellknown bayonet-joint.

It is evident that changes might be resorted to in the form,construction, and arrangement of the several parts without departingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention. Hence I do not wish to limitmyself strictly to the structure herein set forth; but

What I claim isl. The combination with a fishing -reel mounted on itsaxle and a standard forming a support for the axle, of a crank providedwith a pin for engaging the crank with and disengaging it from the reel,the said crank beingv mounted to swing toward and away from the side ofthe reel and a spring for holding the crank normally disengaged with thereel.

2. The combination with a fishing-reel, of a crank for operating thereel and means for automatically disconnecting the crank from the reeland for positively connecting it with the reel, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination with a fishing reel, of a crank for operating thereel, a spring for holding the crank normally out of engagementtherewith and means whereby the pressure of the crank against thetension of the spring Will connect the crank with the reel,substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with a fishing-reel, of a multiplying-gear foroperating the reel, a crank and means for connecting the crank toand-disconnecting it from the drive-wheel 0f the multiplying-gear,substantially as set forth.

5. The combination with a reel, of a multiplying-gear for operating thereel, a crank and means for automatically disconnecting the crank fromthe drive-wheel of the multiplying-gear and means whereby the crank IOOIIO

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crank being mounted to swing toward and I5 away from the side of thewheel and a spring for holding the crank normally disconnected with thedrive gear-Wheel, substantially as Set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presenee of two witnesses, this 25th day of February, 1902.

vJosnPH KONIGSBERG.

Witnesses FREDK. HAYNES, HENRY THIEME..

